fortuni on 2/12/2022 at 21:26
It's less than a year before the next milestone for the release of the first Thief game (30th November 2018), should community celebrate with another anniversary contest?
We were rewarded with 23 exceptionally good mission 4 years ago, and if we wait until after The Black Parade is released we may get more authors throwing their blackjacks into the ring than the last contest.
Last time we gave authors a whole year to make their contest missions which was a very long time, so what about launching the contest on 30th May giving author 6 months. I'm guessing TBP will have been released by then and all those involved will have had ample time to recover.
If we do have another such contest what suggestion do you have for the theme?
Possibly a belated Halloween themed contest?
One theme we have never used is an Elemental Themed contest (Air, Earth, Fire, Water), authors could either work with the 4 Elementals Arrows, the Elemental Talismans, Elemental Mages or any other elemental canon utilized in Thief.
Another theme we have never had is a Mages contest.
Thinking Robot on 2/12/2022 at 21:49
I am 29 now but reading this makes me feel really old now. It´s a good idea to wait for the release of the Black Parade because it is binding a lot of resources.
Also giving a longer time limit, like 6 months to 1 year means there won´t be too much stress in the construction process and leaves enough time for family, friends or other fan missions ;)
This time I would totally like to participate, but not alone due to a lack of Dromed experience & scripting. But maybe in a team with one or two others?
Any good suggestions for a beginner in Dromed?
HauntHunter on 3/12/2022 at 00:04
I'll never turn down playing new missions, for whatever anniversary! LoL I was just telling someone the other day how active this community still is. He played The Dark Project when it came out in 98/99 and wasn't aware there were sequels and fan missions. I told him about the forums and that he has some catching up to do! :cheeky:
Aemanyl on 3/12/2022 at 19:43
I'd be happy to see another Halloween contest or something related to Pagans/nature.
Hit Deity on 4/12/2022 at 02:26
*gack!*
Um, sure.. right after I catch up on 479 FMs I've missed..
BrokenArts on 4/12/2022 at 03:37
Quote Posted by Thinking Robot
I am 29 now but reading this makes me feel really old now.
Haha, your funny. You aren't old.
Kubrick on 7/12/2022 at 15:27
Quote Posted by Thinking Robot
This time I would totally like to participate, but not alone due to a lack of Dromed experience & scripting. But maybe in a team with one or two others?
Any good suggestions for a beginner in Dromed?
I'd love to participate but I suck at anything programming (at anything involving maths). I'd love to help with concept, ideas, readables, etc.
trefoilknot on 7/12/2022 at 16:07
One idea suggested in the dromed discord was a humor contest, encouraging wild/zany/absurd missions (a la sterlinos incubus). I think a 6 month window for a humorous mission contest, ending on the anniversary, could be fun.
downwinder on 7/12/2022 at 19:53
there was once an interview from some looking glass people, that said thief 2 was suppose to more magic direction even more then thief 1 but of course we all know the issue's looking had so they made changes
would be cool to see a continuation of thief 1 in a more magic direction in story instead of the more modern feel we got
maybe a single thief mission done in thief 1 style but would go in the direction they really wanted to take game might be interesting
ofcourse only dye -hard fan would even know what i am rambling about
Aemanyl on 7/12/2022 at 21:53
Quote Posted by trefoilknot
One idea suggested in the dromed discord was a humor contest, encouraging wild/zany/absurd missions (a la sterlinos incubus). I think a 6 month window for a humorous mission contest, ending on the anniversary, could be fun.
Could be fun indeed, but in my view there is sometimes a thin line between "humour" and "crap/cheap". I'm not saying that you cannot make a great level with comedic elements, though.
Quote Posted by downwinder
there was once an interview from some looking glass people, that said thief 2 was suppose to more magic direction even more then thief 1 but of course we all know the issue's looking had so they made changes
would be cool to see a continuation of thief 1 in a more magic direction in story instead of the more modern feel we got
maybe a single thief mission done in thief 1 style but would go in the direction they really wanted to take game might be interesting
ofcourse only dye -hard fan would even know what i am rambling about
I would love to see a contest based on the ideas from the abandoned Thief 2 Gold project.
